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dolh-sealf

  • noun [ feminine ]
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dolh-sealf, dolg-sealf,e ; f. [sealf a salve, poultice]
A wound-salve, poultice for a wound; vulnĕrārium emplastrum
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  • Dolhsealf; genim wegbrǽdan sǽd, getrifula smale, scead on ða wunde, sóna biþ sélre

    a wound-salve; take seed of waybroad, bray it small, put [shed] it on the wound, soon it will be better,

    • L. M. 1,
    • 38;
    • Lchdm. ii. 90, 27: 1,
    • 38;
    • Lchdm. ii. 96, 2, 7, 10,
    • 13.
  • Grundeswelge ða ðe weaxaþ on worþigum biþ gód to dolhsealfe

    the groundsel which grows in highways is good for a wound-salve,

    • 1,
    • 38;
    • Lchdm. ii. 92,
    • 27.
  • Hér sindon dolhsealfa to eallum wundum

    here are wound-salves for all wounds,

    • 1,
    • 38;
    • Lchdm. ii. 90,
    • 23.
  • Dolg-sealf wið lungen-ádle

    a wound-salve for lung-disease,

    • L. M. cont. 1,
    • 38;
    • Lchdm. ii. 8,
    • 29.
  • Dolgsealfa wið eallum wundum

    wound-salves for all wounds,

    • L. M. cont. 1,
    • 38;
    • Lchdm. ii. 8,
    • 26.
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v.  dolg-sealf.
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  • dolh-sealf, n.